The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) imposed its stiffest fine to date for violations of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) cybersecurity regulations. But who violated the standards and much of what the agency found remains secret.
In a 250 page regulatory filing, NERC fined undisclosed companies belonging to a so-called “Regional Entity” $10 million for 127 violations of the Critical Infrastructure Protection standards, the U.S.’s main cyber security standard for critical infrastructure including the electric grid. Subsequent, public reports citing unnamed energy industry sources have identified Duke Energy Corp. as the subject of the fines.
Concerns about a cyber attack taking down America’s power grid are not confined to a Doomsday Preppers fringe. See for instance the book “Lights Out” by Ted Koppel, about as mainstream as you can get.
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